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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pelicans | 34 | 26 | 30 | 19 | 109 |
 Knicks | 28 | 31 | 28 | 27 | 114 |
NOPTeam statsNYK| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOP | 40-10139.6% | 7-2825.0% | 22-2975.9% | 55 | 26 | 14 |
| NYK | 41-9145.1% | 12-3336.4% | 20-2774.1% | 46 | 22 | 8 |
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New York Knicks114| 37 | 14 | 5-10 | 4-7, Season high (his best before, 2) | 0-0 | +18 | +6.9 | ||||||||
| 36 | 7 | 2-15 | 1-7 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −12.2 | ||||||
| 33 | 17 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 3-4 | −1 | +6.1 | ||||||||
| 29 | 27 | 10-20 | 1-6 | 6-7 | 0 | +5 | +6.7 | |||||||
| 19 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | −3 | −3.6 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 34 | 25, Career high (his best before, 23) | 9-12 | 3-3 | 0 | 4-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +13 | +8.5 | ||||
| 20 | 7 | 2-8 | 1-3 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.9 | |||||
| 14 | 5 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +0.3 | ||||||
| 9 | 5 | 2-5 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −1.7 | |||
| 9 | 5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +0.4 | |||||
| Team | 114 | 41-9145.1% | 12-3336.4% | 46 | 22 | 8 | 26 | 20-2774.1% | 12 | 9 | 10 | |||
Bench 47 points on 16 for 30 shooting
Did not play: Ron Baker (injury/illness); Damyean Dotson (coach’s decision).
New Orleans Pelicans109| 37 | 22 | 10-25 | 0-4 | 2-4 | 0 | −12 | −4.2 | |||||||
| 32 | 33 | 12-19 | 1-1 | 0 | 8-10 | 0 | 0 | −6 | +12.8 | |||||
| 31 | 3 | 1-7 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −11.1 | ||||||
| 30 | 19 | 5-14 | 3-9 | 6-7 | 0 | +3.5 | ||||||||
| 24 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −2 | −4.0 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 13 | 5-15 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −1.8 | ||||||
| 25 | 5 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −2.0 | |||||
| 17 | 7 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +4 | +0.8 | ||||||
| 11 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −5.3 | |||||
| 5 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +1 | +1.4 | |||||
| Team | 109 | 40-10139.6% | 7-2825.0% | 55 | 26 | 14 | 22 | 22-2975.9% | 20 | 5 | 5 | |||
Bench 29 points on 11 for 32 shooting
Did not play: Solomon Hill, Tim Frazier and Jahlil Okafor (coach’s decision).
Knicks114Pelicans109ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Allonzo Trier scored a career-high 25 points (11 in the second quarter), and the New York Knicks went on a 16-2 run in the fourth quarter to beat the New Orleans Pelicans 114-109.
The Pelicans led 101-92 with 6:00 left in the fourth quarter. Trier’s 2 free throws put the Knicks ahead for good with 2:07 left. Emmanuel Mudiay scored 12 points during the run, and they led 108-103 with 34 seconds left.
Tim Hardaway Jr.’s 2 free throws with 7.4 seconds left made it 114-109 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Knicks outscored the Pelicans 15-7. Mudiay scored 8 of the Knicks’ 15 on 1 for 5 shooting and 6 for 7 at the line. Late in the fourth quarter, Mudiay had 2 of his 4 steals, 1 of them during a 12-0 Knicks run, and the Knicks scored 4 points off them.
Mudiay had 27 points and 4 steals.
For the Pelicans, Anthony Davis had 33 points (15 in the second quarter) and 11 rebounds, and Jrue Holiday added 22 points, 8 assists and 3 steals.
The Knicks shot 45.1% from the field and 36.4% from 3 to the Pelicans’ 39.6% and 25.0%. The Pelicans forced 9 turnovers, about 4 fewer than usual for this many possessions. The Knicks outscored the Pelicans 36-24 in 13 minutes with Freedom, Hardaway, Vonleh, Mudiay and Trier on the floor together. Mitchell Robinson fouled out.
New York KnicksNew Orleans PelicansPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Knicks’ chance bottomed out at 13% (4th quarter, 5:44 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
94 points from the field on 91 shots: 4.1 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 23-36 | 63.9% | 63% |
| In the paint | 1-7 | 14.3% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 5-15 | 33.3% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 4-5 | 80.0% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 8-28 | 28.6% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jrue Holiday | 19 | 7 | 3-4 | +3 |
| Darius Miller | 11 | 4 | 2-4 | +2 |
| Wesley Johnson | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| E'Twaun Moore | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 14 | 6-10 | +11 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 59 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jrue Holiday | 22 | 6 | 2-3 | +1 |
| Darius Miller | 12 | 5 | 2-3 | +2 |
| E'Twaun Moore | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Ian Clark | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 12 | 5-6 | +8 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 67 possessions. He usually scores about 16 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikola Mirotic | 23 | 4 | 2-4 | −2 |
| Anthony Davis | 18 | 7 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Cheick Diallo | 9 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Julius Randle | 7 | 4 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 2 | 1-2 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 69 possessions. He usually scores about 20 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
NYK win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
NOP
50/50
NYK
Highest Leverage Moments
Trier Free Throw 1 of 2 (23 PTS)
Q4 2:07
19.0%
37→56
Trier 1' Driving Finger Roll Layup (22 PTS)
Q4 2:34
16.4%
27→43
Moore 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Holiday 8 AST)
Q4 0:24
16.0%
98→82
Knox II 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Ntilikina 2 AST)
Q3 1:08
13.3%
40→53
Mirotic 29' 3PT Jump Shot (16 PTS)
Q3 1:00
13.3%
53→40
